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above tlie pro. nm, the interspace betwetMi the eye.s scarcely wider 

 than (male) or fully halt' as wide aj^ain as (female) the basal aiitennal 

 joint; fastijiiura steeply declivent, plane, witii well elevated and 

 rounded lateral mar<;:ins; frontal costa Just failin<r to reach \\\v clypeus, 

 subefpial, fully as broad as the interspace between the eyes, sulcate at 

 and below the ocellus, biseriately punctate above; eyes of moderate 

 size, not prominent, shorter than the infraocnlar portion of the ^enae; 

 antennae ferruj^inous, feebly infuscated apically, nearly tive sixths 

 (male) or less than three-fourths (female) as lonjf as the hind femora. 

 Pronotum subecpial, feebly and gradually enlarging posteriorly, the 

 disk nearly plane, passing by distinct but abruptly rounded shoulders 

 forming subobsolete lateral carinae into the vertical lateral lobes, which 

 have only an obscure, rarely a distinct, dark postocular band, always 

 limited to the prozoua; median carina percurrent but blunt and a little 

 obscure on the ]>rozona: front border subtruncate, hind border v^btus- 

 angulate, the angle well rounded; prozona slightly longitudinal (male) 

 or quadrate (female), distinctly (male) or not (female) longer than the 

 closely punctate metazoiui. Prosternal spine short, conical, blunt, erect, 

 in the female a little appressed; interspace between mesosternal lobes 

 a little longer than broad (male) or transverse, but distinctly narrower 

 than the lobes (female). Tegmina reaching or a little surpassing the 

 tips of the hind femora, moderately narrow, very gently tapering, 

 brownish fuscous, scarcely or distinctly though feebly maculate in the 

 proximal part of the discoidal area; v ings moderately broad, hyaline, 

 most of the veins fuscous. Fore and middle femora tumescent in the 

 male; hind femora long and slender, lutoo testaceous, above rather 

 broadly bifasciate with blackish fus(;ous, often confluent along the 

 middle of the outer face and then more or less sutf using the whole face 

 excepting below, which with the under surface is dull luteous, occasion- 

 ally tinged more or less distinctly with orange, the sides of the genic- 

 ulation almost wholly fuscous; hind tibiae red, rarely with a very nar- 

 row, basal, fuscous annulus, the apical half of the spines black, ten to 

 twelve in number in the outer series. Extremity of nmle abdomen 

 clavate, somewhat recurved, the supraanal plate triangular with slightly 

 ang'ilate sides, feebly acutangulate tip, and a large, equal, and deep 

 aiedian sulcus extending over the basal three-fourths of the plate, 

 •N unded^by high and sharp ridges, buttressed in the middle of the 

 plate by slight transverse ridges; furcula consisting of a pair of dis 

 tant slight denticulations lying on the outer side of the base of the 

 submedian ridges of the supraanal plate; cerci consisting of a straight 

 basal piece, gently and slightly tapering, less than twice as long as the 

 basal breadth, and a bifurcate apical portion, tlie bifur<*ation at right 

 angles, each fork bearing a similar angular relation to the basal piece, 

 the lower fork slight and tapering, about as long as the breadth of the 

 basal ])iece, directed obliquely downward, the upper fork nearly as long 

 as and about half as broad as the basal piece, equal, apically well 

 rounded, directed obliquely upward and bent a very little in .ardj 



